Coffin-fastener



' application.

the horn being shown in elevation.

UNITED STATESN PATENT OEEICE.

LOUIS G.' KREGEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.Y

COFFINFASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,479,`dated J' une 17, 1890.

Application filed December 17, 1889. Serial No. 334,091. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS G. KREGEL, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Detachable Stop-Hinges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This hinge will be described as applied to a burial-casket or coffin, for which use it has special value; but it is suited for much Wider One member of the hinge has an inclined spiral horn which engages in a recessed aperture of the other member. A stop or catch on the horn limits the outward Swing of the hinge.

Figure I is a perspective view of the free member of the hinge. Figs. II and III are perspective views of the iiXed member of the hinge, showing, respectively, the outer and inner sides. Fig. IV is a transverse section at IV IV, Fig. VII, showing the hinge closed, the horn being shown in elevation. Fig. V is a transverse section at V VI, Fig. VII, showing the hinge open, the horn being shown in elevation. Fig. VI is a transverse section at V VI, Fig. VII, showing the hinge half open, Fig. VII is a longitudinal section at VII VII, Fig. IV, the horn being shown in elevation. Fig. VIII is a longitudinal section at VIII VIII, Fig. V, the horn being shown in elevation.

l is a portion of the upper edge of aburialcasket, in which is set the plate 2, constituting the fixed member of the hinge. This plate has in the outer side an elongated recess 3, communicating at its deepest part with a recess 4 in the side of the casket beneath the plate.

5 is a round hole forming the communication between the recesses 3 and Il. At the upper part of this hole is a downwardly-extending lip G, to engage a catch on the horn of the free member of the hinge to limit the outward and endwise movement of the same when the lid is wide open.

7 is a portion ot the casket-lid, in which is set the plate S.

9 is a spirally-curved horn extending obliquely from the plate 8, and adapted to pass through the hole 5 by a simultaneous endwise and downward movement of the lid. When the lid is shut, as seen in Figs. IV and VII, the end ot' the horn 9 extends into a recess in the side of the casket beneath the plate 2 and engages beneath the plate, as seen in Figs. IV and VII, and thus holds down the hinged edge of the lid.

Vhen the lid is swung up into the position seen in Figs. V and VIII, a catch 1l of the horn engages the lip 6, and thus limits the backward and endwise movement ofthe lid. As the lid is being swung open, the horn slides in a depression 3 in the top of the plate, said depression serving to guide the horn and bring the catch 11 in proper position against the lip 6. To remove the lid from the body of the casket, the lid may be opened to the position shown in Fig. VI, or be in any position in which the catch Il is out of engagement with the lip 6, when by an endwise movement of the lid the horn may be drawn out of the hole 5. This endwise movement is prevented when the lid is open, and the lid is held tight down or closed upon the case at the hinges side by the engagement of the horn against the inner side of the plate 2 at 2f. (See Figs. IV and VII.) The casket has two or more ot these hinges.

In upholstering the casket every part of the hinge, except the horn, will usually be concealed by the covering of the casket. The upholstering is not shown in the drawings, as it constitutes no part of the invention and would cause obscurity; butthe parts in Figs. IV and VII are shown in proper position with space between them for the upholsteringcloth, so as to illustrate the relative position of the parts in actual use.

It will be seen that the horn is set obliquely to the lid and has a spirally-curved form, so that it acts as a guide in the closing of the lid, insuring the necessary endwise move-- ment, so that in closing the lid always comes to the right position without any care on the part of the manipulator, who need not attempt to give the lid any endwise movement, but simply to close the lid down, andlikewise in opening no attention need be given to the endwise movement, as the oblique and spiral horn insures the proper endwise movement of the lid while it is swinging open.

I claim as my invention- ICO 1. The combination of plate 8, spirallycurved horn 9, projecting longitudinally oblique from the plate, and plate 2, having an orioe adapted to receive the horn, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, n a hinge, of the longitudinally-oblique curved horn 9, with a catch l1, and plate 2, having,r an orifice 5 and a lip 3, adapted to engage the catch l1, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, inahinge, of one member having a longitudinally-oblique curved horn 9, with a catch l1, andthe other member having' a plate 2, with an orifice 5, a lip G, and

recesses 3 and 4, all substantially as and for 15 the purpose set forth. v

4:. The oombi'nation,inahinge, of one member having,` a spirally-curvecl horn 9, with catch ll, and the other member having the recesses 3 and 4 on opposite sides, with the 2o oriee 5 between theln, the lip 6, and the guide-depression 3, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS G. KREGEL. Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, E. S. KNIGHT. 

